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Re: Gameroom

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Post by jakebasile »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #24
WildGreenLeave wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I think Steam is one of the best game platform (for a lack of a better word). It is fast, easy to use, nice sales/cheap in general, downloads are quick. While on the other side Playstation store is the exact oposite of what I just wrote.

To paraphrase Churchill, Steam is the worst form of online gaming store imaginable ... apart from all the others.

The big online stores (Steam,Origin,UPlay) themselves are pretty interchangeable feature-wise. I buy most stuff on Steam just because I already have a ludicrous amount of games on it. It's pretty much inertia now.

Re: Gameroom

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Post by niftich »

They rebranded!

This was previously 'Facebook Games Arcade Beta' [1], then officially unnamed, but occasionally referred to as 'Facebook Arcade' [2].

At the time TechCruch wrote about this in August [3], it was less clear what their gaming portal ambitions were, and I lamented why they'd push this product with the Facebook brand so strongly instead of de-emphasizing it in favor of a different brand [4]. Since then, they had a partial change of heart -- the URL for this site is still through Facebook, but on the splash page, the only mention of Facebook is the [f] in the 'Gameroom' logo.

[1] http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/facebook-games-arcade-beta... [2] https://www.facebook.com/arcade [3] https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/18/facebook-desktop-game-plat... [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12313908#12314672

Re: Gameroom

#45

Post by cholantesh »

JoelBennett wrote: post #19
ihuman wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The android version? I've only used the Windows 10 and iOS versions, so I am not aware of what permissions it asks for.

For Android (and for Windows Phone) it requires permissions to pretty much everything. It's pretty evil in that regard.

Every last permission it requests is associated with a reasonable functional requirement. It may never make use of the components it requests permission to (eg: sending and receiving SMS, which many users don't want to do with Messenger) and in newer Android versions, you can grant (or not) permissions on an ad hoc basis. Nothing 'evil' about it.

Re: Gameroom

#46

Post by scrabble »

deanCommie wrote: post #29

How infuriatingly presumptious. The page has a single screenshot, a meaningless blurb, and an an "install now" button - as if I'm going to automatically download and install every single thing Facebook announces. How about even a bare-minimum attempt at explaining what this is all about? (I mean, yes, I know how to google and figure it out, but should I have to?)

I saw that one of the screenshots from the limited number they had was Willy Wonka Slots. So that's a no.

Re: Gameroom

#47

Post by ajharrison »

JoelBennett wrote: post #19
ihuman wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The android version? I've only used the Windows 10 and iOS versions, so I am not aware of what permissions it asks for.

For Android (and for Windows Phone) it requires permissions to pretty much everything. It's pretty evil in that regard.

It's not uncommon for Android apps to ask for permissions to everything.

Re: Gameroom

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Post by knowaveragejoe »

serge2k wrote: post #5

I'm really getting tired of Facebook et. al trying to insert themselves into every facet of my existence. I'll keep using Steam and Gog. Steam is pretty bleh, but it does the job and I don't have to put up with Facebook.

Steam is bleh compared to Gog? Huh?

Re: Gameroom

#50

Post by mucker »

* No feature list * No game list * Confusing as to what this has to do with "rooms" * Demands I download a web app!?!??!!?

Go home FB. You're drunk.

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